VINCENT v. HARVEY WELL SERVICE

No. 29401.

441 F.2d 146 (1971)

Gabriel VINCENT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARVEY WELL SERVICE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reginald T. Badeaux, Jr., Darryl J. Tschirn, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Donald L. King, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees, Harvey Well Service and The Travelers Ins. Co.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and WISDOM and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Although probably not so undisclosed as Cardozo envisaged,1 this case presents at least a new wrinkle, Mike Hooks, Inc. v. Pena, 5 Cir., 1963, 313 F.2d 696, 1963 A.M.C. 355, on the meaning of "the course of his employment" in the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688.2 More specifically, the question is whether...

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